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The table below looks at the demand for the Senior Tester role in IT jobs within the City of London region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Senior Tester
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank334321
Rank change on same period last yearDown-13
Matching permanent IT job ads95
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.054 %0.030 %
Salaries quoted95
Average minimum salary£46,333£41,600
Average salary£51,333£42,800
% change on same period last year+19.93 %
Average maximum salary£56,333£44,000
UK excluding London average salary£36,733£37,358
% change on same period last year-1.67 %
City of London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
City of London
Matching permanent IT job ads1656816487
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled9.591 %7.095 %
Salaries quoted1423912562
Average minimum salary£48,172£50,442
Average salary£53,497£55,172
% change on same period last year-3.03 %
Average maximum salary£58,822£59,901
UK excluding London average salary£38,208£39,261
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Senior Tester LondonSenior Tester
London

Senior Tester
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Senior Tester across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

City of London Senior Tester Demand Trend

Senior Tester
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Senior Tester across the City of London region.

City of London Senior Tester Salary Trend

Senior Tester
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Tester across the City of London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

City of London Senior Tester Salary Histogram

Senior Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the City of London region that cited Senior Tester in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Senior Tester in their job title.

19 (37.50 %)SQL
19 (37.50 %)Automated Testing
28 (33.33 %)Test Scripting
28 (33.33 %)XML
28 (33.33 %)Windows
28 (33.33 %)ISEB
37 (29.17 %)QA
46 (25.00 %)Data Migration
46 (25.00 %)Integration Testing
46 (25.00 %)QuickTest Pro
46 (25.00 %)Risk Management
46 (25.00 %)Finance
46 (25.00 %)Migration
53 (12.50 %)LoadRunner
53 (12.50 %)WinRunner
53 (12.50 %)TestDirector
53 (12.50 %).NET
53 (12.50 %)Manual Testing
53 (12.50 %)Pensions
62 (8.333 %)Android
62 (8.333 %)iPhone
62 (8.333 %)BREW
62 (8.333 %)Windows Mobile
62 (8.333 %)Dojo
62 (8.333 %)Flash Lite
62 (8.333 %)Use Case
62 (8.333 %)User Acceptance Testing
62 (8.333 %)Performance Testing
62 (8.333 %)J2EE
62 (8.333 %)SQL Server

Senior Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the City of London region that cited Senior Tester in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Senior Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (33.33 %)XML
23 (12.50 %).NET
32 (8.333 %)J2EE
32 (8.333 %)UIQ
32 (8.333 %)BREW
32 (8.333 %)Dojo
City of London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (4.167 %)SharePoint
City of London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (8.333 %)MS Office
21 (4.167 %)MS Excel
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (8.333 %)Broadband
12 (8.333 %)Internet
21 (4.167 %)Intranet
City of London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (8.333 %)Datawarehouse
12 (8.333 %)SQL Server
21 (4.167 %)OLAP
21 (4.167 %)ETL
21 (4.167 %)BusinessObjects
21 (4.167 %)Data Mart
City of London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (25.00 %)QuickTest Pro
23 (12.50 %)LoadRunner
23 (12.50 %)WinRunner
23 (12.50 %)TestDirector
31 (4.167 %)ClearQuest
City of London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (25.00 %)Finance
23 (12.50 %)Pensions
32 (8.333 %)Health
41 (4.167 %)Insurance
City of London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (8.333 %)Flash Lite
12 (8.333 %)iPhone
City of London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (33.33 %)Windows
22 (8.333 %)Windows Mobile
22 (8.333 %)Android
22 (8.333 %)UNIX
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (37.50 %)Automated Testing
28 (33.33 %)Test Scripting
36 (25.00 %)Data Migration
36 (25.00 %)Migration
36 (25.00 %)Integration Testing
36 (25.00 %)Risk Management
43 (12.50 %)Manual Testing
52 (8.333 %)Regression Testing
52 (8.333 %)PRINCE2
52 (8.333 %)RUP
52 (8.333 %)Use Case
52 (8.333 %)User Acceptance Testing
52 (8.333 %)Performance Testing
52 (8.333 %)Unified Process
61 (4.167 %)Agile Software Development
61 (4.167 %)TDD
61 (4.167 %)Data Management
61 (4.167 %)Security Testing
61 (4.167 %)Unit Testing
61 (4.167 %)DSDM
City of London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (37.50 %)SQL
City of London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (33.33 %)ISEB
21 (4.167 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (4.167 %)ISEB Practitioner
21 (4.167 %)MCTS
21 (4.167 %)MCSD
City of London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (29.17 %)QA
City of London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (8.333 %)Symbian
21 (4.167 %)Microsoft
21 (4.167 %)Business Objects
21 (4.167 %)Siebel